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not taken, they were not going to be pro-civil rights. they were not going to defend the rights of citizenship and economic justice and integration of african-americans in the south. no, they were going to side with the southern oppressors, and who was the great philosopher king of that argument? john c. calhoun. what happened? two things. first of all, the party which could have led the way on civil rights, the party of lincoln, turned away from it. also, they gave us this legacy of nullification, as you say. this nullifying government that we see today. >> you know, i thought, willie, mayor brown, i thought the smart thing in your piece i had never read before, mr. mayor, and i liked it about the piece in sam's article, was the f confluence, a lot of libertarian thinking from barry goldwater, leave me alone, i don't like government. that got tied in states right. if you're an enemy of federal power you're on my side. a weird sick marriage between leave me alone and let's get together and nullify civil rights. >> that's essentially what
not taken, they were not going to be pro-civil rights. they were not going to defend the rights of citizenship and economic justice and integration of african-americans in the south. no, they were going to side with the southern oppressors, and who was the great philosopher king of that argument? john c. calhoun. what happened? two things. first of all, the party which could have led the way on civil rights, the party of lincoln, turned away from it. also, they gave us this legacy of...
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my question, could there have been a civil rights movement without whitney young? and plus, three years and nine months before the next presidential election and they are already trying to suppress the vote. and the new mission behind girl scout cookies. and first, the uninhabited islands in the pacific ocean could lead to world war iii. >>> good morning. i'm melissa harris-perry. in new york where up to a footf of snow is on the ground right now as a major winter storm continues to battle the northeast. a state of emergency in effect in new york, and massachusetts and connecticut and rhode island and new hampshire and across the region, 650,000 homes and businesses are without power this morning. new york mayor michael bloomberg urged people to stay off of the roads, but the long island expredzway is littered with cars that became stuck overnight. new england is getting the brunt of the snow with two feet of snow in boston. and massachusetts governor deval patrick has banned every vehicle on every road in the state. and the snow is creating a travel nightmare for
my question, could there have been a civil rights movement without whitney young? and plus, three years and nine months before the next presidential election and they are already trying to suppress the vote. and the new mission behind girl scout cookies. and first, the uninhabited islands in the pacific ocean could lead to world war iii. >>> good morning. i'm melissa harris-perry. in new york where up to a footf of snow is on the ground right now as a major winter storm continues to...
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republican civil war is getting red hot. we'll be right back. mine was earned in djibouti, africa, 2004. the battle of bataan, 1942. [ all ] fort benning, georgia, in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto-insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. but that doesn't mean i don't want to make money.stor. i love making money. i try to be smart with my investments. i also try to keep my costs down. what's your plan? ishares. low cost and tax efficient. find out why nine out of ten large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. with olay, here's how. new regenerist eye and lash duo
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immigration act followed soon after the civil rights act. most indian americans, like me, are able to come to this country. while the african-americans have very little successfully created a positive identity and not confused about are we white or not white, positive about who we are, they are new in this country and haven't done that. there's still the bobby jindal syndrome that says i would rather be white and the other type who says if i have enough money and i make it materially, i don't need to worry about these issues. the real project of being distinct and american at the same time in a multicultural set up is something indian-americans have yet to start. >> as i was reading it and trying to think through it, i was just, once again struck. gandhi was in south africa. it was a train case being thrown off a form of public transportation. it's the ferguson case here in this country that determined separate but equal, but also rosa parks that brought dr. king to the floor as a civil rights leader. >> yeah, i think it's important to recog
immigration act followed soon after the civil rights act. most indian americans, like me, are able to come to this country. while the african-americans have very little successfully created a positive identity and not confused about are we white or not white, positive about who we are, they are new in this country and haven't done that. there's still the bobby jindal syndrome that says i would rather be white and the other type who says if i have enough money and i make it materially, i don't...
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the new york city police department is being sued by civil rights lawyers over the practice of widespread and intense surveillance of muslims. the demographics unit infiltrated muslim groups in the area including organized outdoor trips and student events. they claim in the practice of infiltration violates the rules they agreed to in a settlement that grew out of antiwar activists. you should know the so-called guidelines prohibit organizations unless there's specific information connecting them to a past or present crime. in spite of the violation, the program will continue. want to find out what my guests think we should know for the week coming up. heather? >> the president's state of the union obviously the austerity lobby to make sure he continues on the path to national decline. as fix the debt, which is one of the corporate front groups for austerity does a big press conference, you should know that 22 of the companies spent more on lobbying than in paying taxes. >> it's a good thing to know. there's interesting reporting of how they have played this key role in moving the convers
the new york city police department is being sued by civil rights lawyers over the practice of widespread and intense surveillance of muslims. the demographics unit infiltrated muslim groups in the area including organized outdoor trips and student events. they claim in the practice of infiltration violates the rules they agreed to in a settlement that grew out of antiwar activists. you should know the so-called guidelines prohibit organizations unless there's specific information connecting...
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. >>> the man of the civil rights movement tend to dominate the historical movement of racial equality in the country and men like reverend martin luther king jr. captureded the camera's attention out front, but just as sure as there was a civil rights movement there were women who made it possible. recently i visited the freedom sisters exhibit at the national civil rights museum in memphis, tennessee. i want to start with a little bit of a discussion about ms. myrlie evers williams. why so important to have her included here. >> well, one reason that she was included here is to show young people that you, too, can lead. you can be as for of change, and does it not have to be somebody from centuries ago, because there is work to be done. >> to walk in this space, hayed to walk past the motel where dr. king stood and was assassinated, and i had to stop and step back because it impacts you. >> yes. >> when that assassin took dr. king, he also created coretta scott king in many ways s. that part of how some of them come to us? >> i think so. i absolutely think so that history sort of thr
. >>> the man of the civil rights movement tend to dominate the historical movement of racial equality in the country and men like reverend martin luther king jr. captureded the camera's attention out front, but just as sure as there was a civil rights movement there were women who made it possible. recently i visited the freedom sisters exhibit at the national civil rights museum in memphis, tennessee. i want to start with a little bit of a discussion about ms. myrlie evers williams....
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lbj, one of all eyes on him as he made his case to america for civil rights reform. his plans for the great society. lbj used his speech to great effect instead of precedence that remains with us. as we look forward to the president's big speech with the greatest of expectations. our anticipation goes beyond the tradition of excitement around the president's address to congress. it has everything to do with what we have come to exprotect from this particular president. when it comes to a public speech, holding forth on the big issues of the day, few have delivered like president barack obama. starting with a speech we heard from an illinois state senator that few of us knew speaking truth of power about the iraq war. in 2002, state senator barack obama said that's what i'm opposed to, a dumb war, a rash war, a war based not on reason or principle but on passion, not on politics. two years later, we still don't know him, but we would not soon forget him. after this keynote address at the 2004 democratic national convention. >> there is not a liberal america and a cons
lbj, one of all eyes on him as he made his case to america for civil rights reform. his plans for the great society. lbj used his speech to great effect instead of precedence that remains with us. as we look forward to the president's big speech with the greatest of expectations. our anticipation goes beyond the tradition of excitement around the president's address to congress. it has everything to do with what we have come to exprotect from this particular president. when it comes to a public...
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rights of the past and still struggling today. >> goal di? >> for me being from st. louis, i know about the ground water and the poison there and in order to break the cycle of p r poverty, it means we have to damn the whole river and that means dealing with pre-k and early childhood education, but it also deals with what the president talked about absentee parents, and this is not just parents not divorced, but parents not engaged in their children's lives. if you are college educated, you only have a 7% chance to be involved in your children's live liv lives. the driver for poverty is having an absentee present and also present parents, too, male, female, and they decrease the child's chance to go prison and violence and health outcomes and illicit drugs, and if you are going to damn the river, damn the whole river. >> and i would like to thank all of my guests today. thank you for getting "up" and thank you for getting up to join us at "up" and join us tomorrow at 8:00, and we will have an amazing story of a man who was separated from his
rights of the past and still struggling today. >> goal di? >> for me being from st. louis, i know about the ground water and the poison there and in order to break the cycle of p r poverty, it means we have to damn the whole river and that means dealing with pre-k and early childhood education, but it also deals with what the president talked about absentee parents, and this is not just parents not divorced, but parents not engaged in their children's lives. if you are college...
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it was against, for instance, the civil rights act of 1964, when you got somebody like jesse helms, who was a democrat, a racist democrat, was so upset with the idea of racial inclusion, that he left the democratic party and became a republic tan. and that has been happening. so southern democrats have and 8,000 fundamentalist baptist churches and so on have taken over the republican party and fundamentally changed it. >> one of the things that's interesting. gender is a key element to that backlash. >> well, it's the whole game. because you have to control -- we don't talk about it. but controlling reproduction is even more important than controlling production. and you can't control reproduction unless you control women. so you get the same groups being against contraception, against abortion, which prevents abortion, which means no sense. you get especially racist groups being against reproductive rights because they can see that the country is becoming a no longer majority-like country and they're in a panic about this. these -- women are not -- women are part of everything. and fun
it was against, for instance, the civil rights act of 1964, when you got somebody like jesse helms, who was a democrat, a racist democrat, was so upset with the idea of racial inclusion, that he left the democratic party and became a republic tan. and that has been happening. so southern democrats have and 8,000 fundamentalist baptist churches and so on have taken over the republican party and fundamentally changed it. >> one of the things that's interesting. gender is a key element to...
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king worked with nixon in the passing of the civil rights bill in '57 and nixon made a calculation, a real act of cowardice. basically thought he would be better by giving up some of the black vote and going for the white vote in the south. what's interesting about it is that president eisenhower in 1956 got 40% of the african-american vote. richard nixon despite this got 32% of the african-american vote and the kennedy campaign was putting out vote for the candidate with a heart. that was an early version of the southern strategy. by 1968 he -- he went full bore on the southern strategy. >> jeffrey franks. the book is called "ike and dick." it is a fascinating read. joe scarborough wrote you a very nice book review in the "new york times." it's terrific. i imagine you read it. appreciate your time. >> glad to be here. >>> coming up another wow. new england gets hit with another winter storm today. we'll bring you the details today. also newark mayor preparing for a potential new jersey senate run, but there's something he's more focused on right now. we'll tell you what that is. you'
king worked with nixon in the passing of the civil rights bill in '57 and nixon made a calculation, a real act of cowardice. basically thought he would be better by giving up some of the black vote and going for the white vote in the south. what's interesting about it is that president eisenhower in 1956 got 40% of the african-american vote. richard nixon despite this got 32% of the african-american vote and the kennedy campaign was putting out vote for the candidate with a heart. that was an...